Sandy Perle's posting on "U.N. Studies Chernobyl Aftermath" contains some information that does not exactly jibe with statements made by UNSCEAR in either its reports, or in its letter to UN chief Cofi Annan.... anybody know who these "four UN agencies" are, and whether UNSCEAR has anything to say about their claims ?
Thanks,
Jaro
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U.N. Studies Chernobyl Aftermath
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Nearly 16 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident,
200,000 people still live in highly contaminated areas and 4.5 million residents in
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At least 8,000 people have died, most from radiation-related diseases.
Some 2,000 people have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and between 8,000
and 10,000 cases are expected to develop over the next 10 years, the report said.
Although the most dangerously radiated areas near the Chernobyl plant were
evacuated, 200,000 people still live in severely contaminated areas, the report said.
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